Skipp Porteous
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| Born | 1944 United States  |
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| Occupation | former minister, Pentecostal Author, Jesus Doesn't Live Here Any More past President, Institute for First Amendment Studies private investigator, business owner, Founder, Sherlock Investigations, Inc. |
Skipp Porteous (born 1944) is a former Pentecostal Christian minister, and has been a critic of religious extremism of all kinds. He claims that "man created God in his own image, and he doesn't like the image."
He has written about his life and experiences in Jesus Doesn't Live Here Any More. In 1984, Porteous founded the Institute for First Amendment Studies (ceased operating 2001).
Porteous used to campaign vigorously to expose and counter the political activities of what some refer to as the Religious Right. He now works as a private investigator as founder and president of Sherlock Investigations in New York City.
A convert to Judaism, Porteous avoids controversial religious debate, and focuses on his career as the owner of Sherlock Investigations.
Porteous is an amateur radio operator, with the call sign KC2PYP. He formerly had a commercial First Class license. He is an expert in TSCM (technical surveillance countermeasures), the science and art of discovering wiretaps and "bugs."
Perhaps Porteous is best known as the investigator who may have broken the notorious "D. B. Cooper Case," a case that baffled the FBI since 1971.
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[edit] Education
- Bible College, ordained as a Pentecostal minister
[edit] Publications
- Jesus Doesn't Live Here Any More: From Fundamentalist to Freedom Writer, 1991, Prometheus Books
[edit] References
In the October 29, 2007, issue of "New York Magazine", a new suspect in the famous D.B. Cooper case, Kenneth P. Christiansen, was identified by Sherlock Investigations. The article notes that Christiansen was a former army paratrooper, a former airline employee, had settled in Washington State near the site of the hijacking, was familiar with the local terrain, had purchased property with cash a year after the hijacking, drank bourbon and smoked (as did D. B. Cooper during the flight) and resembled the eyewitness sketches of D.B. Cooper. [1]
